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Revision of the genus Benthamia A.Rich. (Orchidaceae, Orchidioideae, Habenariinae)

  • 1. Fédération France Orchidées (FFO) and Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Direction générale déléguée aux collections, Herbier national, case postale 39, 57 rue Cuvier 75005 Paris (France) jmhervouet@free.fr
  • 2. France Orchidées (FFO), 27 rue Auguste Blanqui, 94400 Vitry-sur-Seine (France) descourvieres.pascal@neuf.fr
  • 3. , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE (United Kingdom) and Core Facility, Botanical Garden, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030, Vienna (Austria) j.hermans@kew.org
  • 4. Atelier d'iconographie scientifique, UAR 2047 DoHNÉE, MNHN/CNRS, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris (France) ludivine.longou@mnhn.fr

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Hervouet, Jean-Michel, Descourvières, Pascal, Hermans, Johan, Longou, Ludivine (2025): Revision of the genus Benthamia A.Rich. (Orchidaceae, Orchidioideae, Habenariinae). Adansonia (3) 47 (11): 171-249, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2025v47a11, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/adansonia2025v47a11.pdf

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